WordPress – How to Remove the WSWIG Editor

Updated: April 15, 2018 • < 1 min read

Category: WordPress Help
WordPress How to Remove the WSWIG Editor 1

In order to remove the WSWIG editor from your WordPress posts, pages and custom post types, simply add the following code to your WordPress themes functions.php file:

/*
Disable WSWIG Editor
*/
functionemersonthis_disable_visual_editor(){# add logic here if you want to permit it selectivelyreturnfalse;}add_filter('user_can_richedit','emersonthis_disable_visual_editor',50);